whitewashed

Example Sentences

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The blunt imposing tower, in the rear, is in fact a chapel, a soaring whitewashed space illuminated by its own skylight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

“It’s clear the administration wants a whitewashed story, if you’ll pardon the pun there. And that’s wrong.”

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Welshman Gerwyn Price whitewashed Alexis Toylo of the Philippines 6-0 and England's Stephen Bunting progressed to the next round with a 6-1 win over Japan's Tomoya Goto.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

French designer Christian Louboutin was among the first international figures to discover Comporta's charm, opening a hotel in Melides, a small village of whitewashed houses with blue doors.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

The old, weathered look that most places around here had was missing, for this house was whitewashed and clean- looking.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson